Lee Kuan Yew to launch Chinese edition of best-selling Hard Truths

Former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew will launch the Chinese edition of the best-selling Lee Kuan Yew: Hard Truths to keep Singapore going on Sept 16 at the Grand Corpthorne Waterfront Hotel. -- PHOTO: SPH Former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew will launch the Chinese edition of the best-selling Lee Kuan Yew: Hard Truths to keep Singapore going on Sept 16 at the Grand Corpthorne Waterfront Hotel. The English edition - published by the Singapore Press Holdings and launched on Jan 21 - has to date sold over 90,000 copies. It has been number one on the non-fiction bestsellers list for more than six months. The book is based on 16 interviews with Mr Lee, during which he spoke to journalists from The Straits Times on a range of issues, from the future of Singapore's political system, immigration and foreign talent, the rise of China and India, cultural and linguistic identity, to cli...